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If you’ve read enough about conventional farming, dabbled in farmers markets and want to take your commitment to local, sustainable farming to the next level, now is the time to consider signing up for a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm.  CSA membership is a commitment and they are not for everyone. A couple questions to […]

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Part III in the Sustainable Family Supper Project The second villain in the duo of toxic commercial farming practices is fertilizer. I recently heard a radio ad touting the benefits of chemical fertilizer, euphemistically called, “nutrients for life.” If you’ve read Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma, you know that nitrogen fertilizers used today have a rather […]

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Here are a few recipes and articles that I “clipped” from around the web this week: Closet Cooking’s Salmon Noodle Soup was one of my favorites from this week’s Presto Pasta Night round-up. Have you seen The Baker’s Bench BYOB Challenge? (that would be “b” for bread, not beer). Some very cute Mini Polenta Pizzas […]

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I’ve written before about Share Our Strength and their work to fight childhood hunger in cities and neighborhoods across the US. I’m on the volunteer committee for their upcoming Taste of the Nation event here in DC, so you can expect to hear more from me on ways to help support their efforts. The new […]

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We were invited to a toddler pre-game playdate on Super Bowl Sunday and brought these mini cupcakes. The bananas added enough sweetness that I was able to reduce the sugar in the recipe by half; the frosting of course more than compensates for the not-too-sweet cake. I called it Nutella frosting, but I actually used […]

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